I read the following in Fred Gleeck’s newsletter and asked him for permission to re-print it here.  After reading it I bought http://www.2diane.com and http://www.todiane.com which I will use for promotional purposes when I am out speaking. It’s so much easier for people to remember!

Domain Names by Fred Gleeck

I now have over 400 domain names. Some of them
are active, some are not. I have reserved a number
of names after having come up with some “brilliant”
idea that is yet to be put into a tangible form.

I have most of my domains set to renew at the very
end of each calendar year. That time is just about
here. Since the price tag is pretty hefty, even using
http://www.UltraCheapDomains.com, I still look at
each one of the names to see if makes sense to
renew them.

I want to review with you some of the ways I use
domain names that YOU can too. This is why I
own so many of them.

1. To host a site of some sort. (Most of mine)

2. A misspelling to grab some traffic from bad spellers
http://www.Speeking.com
I’m interested in people who want to learn how to
SPEAK. I don’t care if they aren’t great SPELLERS!

3. To capture people looking for a specific thing
http://www.SelfStorageAssociation.com
People are expecting the find the Self Storage
Association website here. That’s one of my niches
and I have a PDF book I sell that people find when
they go there.

4. Affiliate links. If you are an affiliate for anything
you should be using this system. Take a look at:
http://www.CoolSpyTool dot com.

Type in that url, and you’ll get redirected to a site
where when you buy, I get paid. YOU should do
exactly what I’m doing with ANY affiliate relationship
you have set up.

5. Tracking urls. I have a number of sites I have
reserved that are strictly used for tracking any and
everything I might do. if I were to do a radio interview
I would use one to send the listeners to. If I did an
article, I might use one. If I did some advertising I
might use one.

An example of one I use is:
www.2Fred.com. I also own five or six more of
those with a number in front of my first name.
(3Fred, 5Fred, etc.)
I can REUSE these over and over again in cases
like radio interviews or ADs that I’m testing. If I give
out that url, people aren’t going to go to it even
weeks later, so I can use it for another purpose.

6. Specific Aspects of Business.
I have a large collection of my affiliate relationships
sitting at: http://www.FredSentMe.com. This allows me
to put any and all affiliate links in one place. Again, I
encourage you to do the same. Whatever you do, make
them EASY to spell!

7. Random Ideas.
When I get a “great idea” for a project of any sort, I ask
myself what the ideal domain name for that project might
be. If it’s available, I reserve the domain name. I’ve got
plenty of these for ideas I have not yet launched.

8. Joint Ventures.
The most recent example of this is:
http://www.DoYourOwnTVShow dot com. Or:
http://InfoProductCentral.com.

Notice how Ican’t actually put the .com in there for
one of them? You know why?

Because the stupid Spam Filters won’t let me do it.
If I do it the way I’d like to, many people won’t get my
email. Why? Since the domain name is less than 90
days old, the Spam filters assume I’m a Spammer.
This may be a good GENERAL concept, but it hurts
ethical marketers like you and me!

BLATANT PLUG: Make sure to reserve any and all
domain names you like at:
www.UltraCheapDomains.com

Having trouble finding great domain names? Go to
http://www.JustDropped.com. When you find one
available, THEN go to UltraCheapDomains.com
to reserve them!!

Fred Gleeck is a 20+ year information marketer. He is the author of
close to 20 books on marketing and related topics. To get 5 of his
best selling and most popular ebooks, go to www.FredGleeck.com/ebooks.
(Forward this link to anyone you know).